Government of Canada announces $5.5m to create Canadian Digital Media Research Network at McGill, UofT
Montreal, QC (June 7, 2023) — The Government of Canada has announced $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network (CDMRN), a first-of-its-kind research community in Canada aimed at strengthening our information resilience and safeguarding our democracy.
Minister of Justice visits the Max Bell School of Public Policy
On May 25, the Max Bell School of Public Policy was honoured to receive the Hon. David Lametti, Canada’s Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General of Canada. The Minister spoke to the entire cohort of students in Law, Human Rights and Public Policy, a core course in the MPP program.
Professor Jennifer Welsh launches new podcast
Max Bell School of Public Policy Professor Jennifer Welsh has launched a new podcast series.
You can listen to Tour de Table with co-host with Frédéric Mérand (Chair, University of Montreal, Department of Political Science).
Pearl Eliadis appointed to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel
Max Bell School Associate Professor Pearl Eliadis, has been selected to the Official Language Rights Expert Panel of the federal Government’s Court Challenges Program (CCP).
The objective of the CCP is to provide financial support to Canadians to bring before the courts test cases of national significance that aim to clarify and assert certain constitutional and quasi-constitutional official language rights and human rights.
Appel à une réforme du droit afin de protéger les femmes victimes de violence conjugale | Collectif québécois pour la prévention de l’itinérance
Montréal, le 25 novembre 2022. – En cette Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes, le Collectif québécois pour la prévention de l’itinérance (CQPI) présente des recommandations concrètes de réforme du droit québécois pour mieux protéger les victimes de violence conjugale.
Call for law reform to protect women victims of domestic violence | Québec Homelessness Prevention Policy Collaborative
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Jennifer Welsh named 2022 Royal Society of Canada Fellow
September 6, 2022 | The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 102 new Fellows and 54 new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. Among the 2022 cohort are fifteen McGill researchers and scholars, including eleven RSC Fellows and four new Members, who will be inducted at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement on November 25, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta.
A Review of Québec’s Cap-and-Trade System
In the summer of 2021, Max Bell School Master of Public Policy candidates Danielle Appavoo, Mariel Aramburu, Ricardo Chejfec, and Anil Wasif responded to a call to the academic community from Québec’s Minister of Finance, M. Eric Girard.
Children & Youth Technology Policy | Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
Over the last year, the Max Bell School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy been building out a research program on kids & tech to explore a range of policy implications related to data governance and children's rights, ed-tech, school surveillance, targeted ads, kids content, gender and mental health.
McGill University Launches Canadian Election Misinformation Project
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Jennifer Welsh Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Max Bell School professor Jennifer Welsh has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy to Host Conference on Racial Profiling in Policing
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New Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy launched at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy
The Centre is McGill’s focal point on critical research and public debate about the role of media and emerging technologies in shaping democracy and public life
Max Bell School announces creation of Working Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The Max Bell School of Public Policy is pleased to announce the creation of its Working Group on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
The Max Bell School of Public Policy announces the appointment of Ken Boessenkool as the 2020-21 J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice in Public Policy
The Max Bell School of Public Policy is thrilled to announce that Ken Boessenkool will be joining the School as the J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice in Public Policy at McGill University.
During his time with the Max Bell School, Boessenkool will leverage his public policy experience to enhance the exposure of the School’s students to the workings of the policy process.
